One or two people on the list said that they avoid advertising where ever they can. I know advertising can be annoying when the same add appears 10 times in a row, but I just want to explain a few things.
Let's look at the example of a restaurant that is working below capacity. It can be because they recently opened. It can be because they are not located on a busy corner. So they have waiters and chefs not working at peak productivity. They have freshly prepared food going to waste. This is a problem that on demand location based advertising can solve, provided people are willing to accept it in their lives: The restaurant gets more patrons. Those patrons no longer go to other restaurants. The other restaurants are now able to serve the remaining patrons faster. And the same argument does for most retail and service business. The great thing about OSM is that we are driving the cost of maps to $0. If media corporation have annoying ads, people will simply switch. The media corporation and the advertiser (the restaurant) will now need to work together to give you the maps at a cost "below 0". My guess is that it will be in the form of coupons or other specials. "If you order the OSM special, you get a free softdrink with your burger". So next time you want to embed maknik in website, consider the advantages of embedding MapQuest instead. (And no, I do not have affiliation with MapQuest or any media company). _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
